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Songa Offshore SE

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European offshore drilling contractor

Songa Offshore SE is a European offshore drilling contractor founded in 2005 with offices in Cyprus, Stavanger, Oslo, Houston, Kuala Lumpur, Aberdeen, and Singapore.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Jan 2005Founded1
  • Tickeron Oslo Stock Exchange1
  • Industryoffshore drilling1
  • HeadquartersLimassol1
  • Founded inOslo1
  • Websitewww.songaoffshore.com
  • Incorporated inCyprus5
  • Business addressPortobello, Office 201, 1, Siafi Street, Limassol, G4 20425
Songa Mercur 3
Photo: Timleomyers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

Songa Offshore SE is a European offshore drilling contractor founded in 2005 with offices in Cyprus, Stavanger, Oslo, Houston, Kuala Lumpur, Aberdeen, and Singapore.3

How it started

History

Songa Offshore AS was founded in January 2005 with the purchase of the two semisubmersibles, Mata Redonda and La Muralla. Mata Redonda was renamed Songa Venus and La Muralla was renamed Songa Mercur.

Songa Offshore was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange 26 January 2006. In May 2009 Songa Offshore SE was redomiciled to Cyprus, and it is registered in Limassol, Cyprus.

Songa Offshore bought the Songa Dee from Stena Offshore in June 2006. After that Songa Trym (2006) and Songa Delta (2008) was bought from Odfjell Drilling.

Before Transoceans acquisition, Songa Offshore SE were the largest semi submersible drilling contractor on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with seven drilling units in operation, after the delivery of the four new Category D Rigs delivered in 2015 From the DSME yard in Korea.

In 2013 the company changed out the management of the company and Mr. Bjørnar Iversen became CEO of the company and the company went true a significant restructuring where Mr. Frederik Wilhelm Mohn became the majority shareholder. The restructuring of Songa Offshore SE was elected by Marine Money Conference to be the offshore restructuring deal of the year 2013, world wide.

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Leadership

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Timeline

  1. 2018Acquired Acquired by Transocean1
  2. Jun 1, 2013New chief executive Bjørnar Iversen becomes CEO1
  3. Jan 2005Founded Founded in Oslo1